tag: microsoft
articles: 8 · beats: 5
latest: October 19, 2026
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Microsoft
8 Crashtech articles on Microsoft, spanning AI Business & Money, Cybersecurity, Business, Development Best Practices and AI & Society, published between July 2026 and October 2026. Every piece is full-text HTML with sources, structured data and an authored FAQ.
They span AI Business & Money (3), Cybersecurity (2), Business (1), Development Best Practices (1), AI & Society (1). AI Business & Money Cybersecurity Business Development Best Practices AI & Society
The UK CMA’s Microsoft Decision Is a Proposal. The Consultation Is the Next Milestone
The CMA has proposed a strategic-market-status designation for Microsoft’s UK business software ecosystem. Here are the dates, scope and next steps.
Windows’ October NTLMv1 Change Could Break Old VPN and Wi-Fi Sign-Ins
Microsoft’s October update tightens NTLMv1-derived SSO credentials on supported Windows versions. Find MS-CHAPv2 dependencies before VPN or Wi-Fi access fails.
Exchange Symptoms After October Windows Updates: Microsoft's Guidance
Microsoft links Exchange symptoms to October Windows updates, rules out the separate Exchange update, and warns against uninstalling patches.
Big Tech’s Nuclear Pivot: Power Contracts, Reactor Restarts and SMRs
Microsoft, Google and Amazon are backing nuclear supply through different commercial structures. Power contracts do not remove grid and licensing constraints.
Microsoft Merged All Its Copilots Into One App — But Almost Nobody Is Paying
Microsoft unified every Copilot into a single app with impressive new features, yet fewer than 4.5% of its 365 customers actually pay for AI capabilities.
Microsoft Just Replaced GPT-4 Inside GitHub Copilot With Its Own Model
Project Polaris, Microsoft's in-house coding model, is reportedly replacing GPT-4 Turbo as the default engine behind GitHub Copilot for all subscribers.
Microsoft Just Cut 4,800 Jobs — During Its Best Revenue Quarter Ever
Microsoft cut roughly 4,800 jobs (2.1% of staff) on July 6, 2026 — Xbox hit hardest — weeks after posting $82.9B in record quarterly revenue.
OpenAI’s $1 Trillion Bullsh*t Is Falling Apart
Leaked financials reportedly show OpenAI losing over a dollar for every dollar earned. Here's why the trillion-dollar story doesn't add up.
Questions we answer about Microsoft
- Has the UK CMA finally designated Microsoft as having strategic market status?
- What parts of Microsoft’s business software ecosystem are under review?
- When can affected organizations respond to the CMA consultation?
- Is the Windows October NTLMv1 behavior a newly discovered update bug?
- Which Windows devices may be affected by the NTLMv1-derived credential change?
- What should an organization do if MS-CHAPv2 sign-in stops working?
- Should Exchange administrators uninstall the October 2026 Windows update?
- Which Exchange symptoms does Microsoft associate with the October Windows updates?
- Is the separate October Exchange Server security update responsible?
- Is Microsoft buying Three Mile Island?
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What does Crashtech publish about Microsoft?
8 articles tagged Microsoft, the most recent published October 19, 2026. They span AI Business & Money (3), Cybersecurity (2), Business (1), Development Best Practices (1), AI & Society (1). Each carries numbered sources, an authored FAQ and full structured data.
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